Folding cot



G. CORAY.

FOLDING COT APPLICATION FILED MAY I9, I92].

1,413,901 Yatented Apr. 25, 1922.

emy602"% ATTORNEY UNITED STATES p rnnT lo Fi cgs, I

GEORGE costly, or SALT LAKE C TY, omen; i

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ToJaZZavhomtmaiy coiwernw- Q v Be-it known that L iGnonen COBA ,a c ti-Zen of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of:Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Folding Cots;

and I do declare the following to be a full,

clear, undexaot description of the invention; such as will enable othersskilled in ,theert to which it appeiztains ;to: make and MSG the. s me.s This invention. jrelzntes to :an H improved folding Loot for use in(camping and oneqobject of the invention is to provide snothavingimproved construction in. folding side bars and looking means forreleasably hold- I D p for releasebly hold-mg an intermediate sup-i ingtheside herein an extended position and further having intermediatesupporting legs pivotally connected i with [the folding side,

bars and carrying ilatehing mez ns for lockmg tl16 SeQt1QIlS of-the sidebars 11 n the. ex

tended position. t

Anotherobjfect of thednvention'is :to so constructnnd mount the latchingmeans that the sidehagrsections may he swung to the-extended positionand the supporting legs-then swung ,togan opergttive iposition,

movement of thesupponting' legs tolan ope g ative position musing the{latching means {to he moved by cam action into position for snappinginto locking-engagement With'the sidebar sections. l I

. Another ;object of the invention is ;to so construct the side barsthatithe endloarsniay be connected .jtherewith, the side bars fittinginto sockets iformed in one of the end hers;

: and ;the second end bar, ha iing openings.

slidaloly receiving the side hers so that-this end lb :my be mov dl ngiud lly o the side bars and. securedin 'an edjusted position totig'hten{the rope :cerried by the end i bars andgforming a spring structure.

' Another objectof' the invention is to provide; improved means forsecuring the ad-- justable endbar in a set position .upon the sidebars,n

i Another object fthe inventionisito ,pl'ovide an improveditype ofebracingvbar for the intermediate supporting legs. the bracing herbeing releasably held in plaee and per.- mitted of easy and quickremoval when desired. r M

, s ficati nsne d e s-f Patented Apii25,"1912 2. .Appiication filed Mey19,

'3 Thisinventionis illustrated inthe ao com- 1 panying drawings,wherein: Y 'J s V Figure 1 is a, perspective View .of theimpronedfoldingcot. 1' 1 Figure 2 is'flzt perspective View of one of thesupporting legs positioned atathe ends 1" of the icot lnnd supportingthe .end bars.

Eigure fi is ,a .perspeotive \view of one of theside loairxsections;-

Figure 4 isle perspective tiewof the sec; 1 ondfsidebarsectionpivotallyconneetedwith ':F1gure.- 6 :1S ant-enlarged vView.-of-the1 3 1 I porting: leg. in an, operative position @and medate.supportingfllegr E en -e8 Se .ienl r g'e e ie eeminggur ;7 is aperspective view: of an inter bolt gfor icon-nesting on eniof'zthelzbrecing b re Fig. 5rljw th the intermediate suppor ine l gshown in {Fig-.7.

-"This. improved' oot is proyided I be ts and ..2 .ee h. f w11ich iprovided with QP-QII DgSJLdHL Q l i iend toiree iv p t the uppe end o hsupporting v:legse- It ,Will gthus Joe. seen that {the lsupponting legswill be rem vab end the when in place the end hazrs. L .zind 2 willgreet upon the S o lde -e1; h we end o th 'p n fi end @[Phe end Joar i1is provided with sooketsjzo h supported in rery-z tfl ci n mann 'cthrough {which will extend the llld portions of the side hen sections6.- ;It--, il l thus be v seen .that -when in use; the end portions I ior sectionsG of the side hers .mayrbe passed 7 through the' pesse-geofthe end berQnndtli'eend'sofgthe sideibansections :5 then inserted intothe sockets of the end her-1. A' -ro'peis v and-isthen passed back andforthfmm one endbarjto the other and passed about guides in the form of,openings ,in the end bars or connectedgt one end-of one o fthe end barspuIleysoa'rried by the end b iirs. A-iz'terdoeingi passed .about all ofthe guides theised ondj-endofthetrope willibe seourefidito one ofprovide hinge ears.

the end bars thus providing a spring structure 7 which will be stretchedtight when the end bar 2 is'drawn along the side bar sec-' tions 6 andsecured by keys 8 passed through openings 9 formed in the end portionsof the sections 6 as shown in Figs. land 4:,

If it is found that the ropehas been stretched too tight or has not beenstretched tightly enough, the securing pins-or keys 8 will be removedand after proper adjustment ol the bar 2 has been made, the keysreplaced in a second set of openings. :f. a

As prevlously polnted out, the side bars will each beformed in twosections and 6 and will be formed from metal-tubing or pipe. I Thesection 6 has its inner end portion split for a short distanceandbentt0. provide-ears 10 perforated as shown at -11 to The second section 5has its innerend portion split longitudinally to provide anelongatedcross-shaped seat'or pocket having upstanding walls 12 each of whichwill be provided with alined openings 13 and 1% and one of-which will beprovided withan opening 15; The innerend portion of the sectionfi fitsinto the pocket or seat of the section 5 and a pivot'pm is passedthrough the openings 11 and l 'thuspivotally connecting the sectionG'with the section 'lVhen' the sections of the side bars are swung tothe extended position',.tl1e opening 16 formed in the section 6registers with the opening'l5 formed in the section-5.- In order tesupport the side bars between-theend bars there has been providedintermediatesupa aorting le s 17 each of which is formed from r. 2:) 1

a tubeor length of pipefiattened intermedn ate its length as shown'at 18and perforated as shown at 19 so that the depending-arms 20 at the endsof thebracing bar21 may fit flat againstthe intermediatesupporting legs17. Each of these heads is provided with a slot 22 cut between the sideflanges provided by thechannel'bar construction of this bracing bar.Therefore when-the bolts 23 which are mounted in the openings 19' areengaged by the depending heads of the bracing bar with the boltspositioned in the slots 22 and "the heads of the bolts engaged by'theside flanges-oi the bracing bar; the securing nuts 24 may betightened thus securely but-res leasably holding the bracing bar inengagement'with the intermediate supporting legs;

Theupper end portion or the'p'ipe forming each intermediate supportingleg "will be split longitudinallyand then put and bentto provide 'spacedarms whiclrwill extend upon opposite sides of the seat at the inner endof the side bar section Openings are formedin the side arms-25 toreceive 7 V rivets which pivotally connect the support:

111g leg with the side bar section and these side arms will furthereachbe pro\' idedf'w1th an opening 27 and one of them willbe providedwith aniopening'28 to register with the alined openings 15 and 16 whenthe supporting leg is swung to the operative position as shown inFig. 1. p a When the supporting legs are inthe operative position andthe sections of the side bars extended, it is desired to securely lockthe parts in the operative position. Therefore each or the supportinglegs will be provided with a latch constructed as shown in Fig. 6. .Thislatch is provided with a shank or stem 29 which will be slidably mountednoted that the tooth 83 has its, outer face curved longitudinally thusproviding a cam face w hich cooperates with the curved cam faceof theseat of side-bar section 5 to move the latch against the action of thespring 30 whenswinging the supporting leg to the operative position. Asthis supporting leg is swung to the operative position, the latch ismoved against the action of the spring and willmove outwardly throughthe opening 28 until theopening 28 registers :withf the two openings '15and- 16i The spring 30 will then cause the latch to niove inw'ardly topositionthe tooth'33 in the registering openings 28 and 15. This willsecurely lock the supporting legs'and sections of the side 7 bars in theoperative position. It willthus be seen that there has been provided afolding cot in which-the end bars may be connected with theend portionsofthe sidebars and the supporting legs then swungto an operativeposition'w'ith the tooth of the latch extending through the openings 28and 15.

The side bar section'6 can then be swung downinto the scatter thesectio1r5 thus tightly stretching the rope which forms the springstructure 7. As the side barsections 6 move into theseats of thesections 5, the

sections 6 through engagement with the curved faces'o'f the teeth 33 ofthe-latches will -1nove thel'atches outwardlypuntil the openings 16register'withtheopenings "15, at

which time the springs will return the latches to the locking positionThe sup porting legs'17 may thus be moved tolthe operative positioneither before or-after the side bar sections 6 are swung down to theextended position. When the cot is no longerto be used, the latches willbe moved to a "releasing position and the supporting legs swung upwardlyagainst the side bar sections" 5. "The side bar sections 6 will befolded to extend alongthe side bar sections 5 and the end bars 1 and 2removed. The bracing bar 21will be released and moved out of engagementwith the supporting legs and the supporting legs 4: will be removed fromthe end bars. The elements forming the cot can thus be taken apart andthe side bars and supporting legs 17 together with the bracing bar 21and supporting legs 4 placed to extend longitudinally of the end bars 1and 2 and the disassembled cotrolled into a compact mass.

I claimr H 1. A cot including folding side bars each having end sectionspivotally connected and extending in overlapping relation when in anoperative position, and having openings registering when the side barsections are extended, a supporting leg pivotally connected with onesection and a latch carried by the leg and having a tooth portionforextending through the openings of the side bar sections, the toothportion having a curved face forming a cam surface engaged bythe sidebar sections to move the latch to an inoperative position, when the barsections are swung to an extended position, and-resilient means fornormallyvholding the latch in an operative position and moving the toothinto the openings.

2. A cot including folding side bars each having endsections havingpivotally connected inner end portions extending in overlapping relationwhen extended and fitting one within the other, a supporting legpivotally connected with the inner end portion of the section receivingthe second section 'when extended, the legand bar-sections beingprovided with openings reglsterlng when vthe bar sections and leg are inan operative and a spring normally holding the latch in an operativeposition for extending through the openings.

latching means, in'the' form of a, pin slidably carried by the leg'andhaving a bent end for passing through'the registering open-' ings, and aspring normally holding the latch in an operative position for extendingthrough the openings, the end of the pin.

passing through the openings having a cam.

face for movingthe latch to an inoperative I position against the actionof the, spring g I ,50 4. The structure of claim 2 havingrthe' when abar section is swung to an operative position, and engages the cam faceof the latch.

spring structure carried by the end bars,

5. A folding cot comprising end bars, a

folding bars each having pivotally connect-1 ed sections, anintermediate supporting legs for each side bar pivotallymounted upon itsplvotally connected sections for movement into and out of an operativeposition and common latch means for releasably hold ing the side barsections and intermediate leg ln an operative pos1t1on.'

In testimony vwhereof I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE QORAY.

